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one year in Phoenix

Jody Gnant has the recording contract - I get one year in Phoenix. I hope the recording contract can help Jody get her singing career underway!

one year in Phoenix includes:
-One year free rent in the heart of downtown Phoenix. (If needed, the apartment can also come fully furnished.)
-roundtrip airfare for two from any major airport in North America.

Features:
Live right in the heart of downtown Phoenix.
Short walk to Roosevelt Arts District, Major Arts and Entertainment Facilities, Sports Arenas, ASU Downtown Campus, the Capitol, etc. 1BR, 1Bath, historic bungalow style duplex with 9 foot ceilings, oak floors, living room with fireplace, separate dining room, new kitchen, laundry room. 700 square feet. I can throw in four third-row tickets to an AZ Diamondbacks game, which is walking distance to the recipients new home.

Here's the house:

I'm pretty jazzed about this - my first foray into real estate. I so don't have any official real estate trading credentials or anything like that. I don't even drive a Dodge Stratus. I should probably get myself some business cards, a briefcase, and above all else, a car phone.

I just read the whole thing and Í'm going to tell everyone I know about this. This is a real inspiration. I hope you get what you want. (to be honoust: a year in phoenix sounds really good)good luck!!Jolanda, The netherlands.

Huh, weird coincidence, I am sitting in my office about 5 minutes from that house. It's not such a bad area now, although you might get some road noise and a lot of foot traffic. Conveniently located near the freeway. ;)

Okay, I think you need to get into some cash. Someone (me?) needs to offer you, say, $5K for the year's rent, provided that they get, in return, the right to sublet during that year. If it's worth $7K, then that's a sound investment.

What YOU get is something very nice. Namely, the ability to post: WHAT WILL YOU TRADE ME FOR $5000? People desperate for quick cash will no doubt give you an item worth more than this. . . you'll have your pick of the litter, I can assure you that.

Now, this may well have come up already, but I havne't had the time to scan all comments. . .

I stumbled on your blog after looking at www.gorillamask.net. I am sitting in my office in Helsinki and thinking what could I offer for a red paper clip. I was thinking about a trip to Italy (just went to Tuscany great!), a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with the crusts off or perhaps a stapler with actual staples (staplers are better).

hey I first heard about your website when you were on the kevin and bean morning show. Now I visit you site everyday. Dude that totally rocks with that last trade. If I had something that was good enough to trade I would. Goodluck with the house bro.

Congratulations ! Your heartwarming story is traveling the world, as you can see from all of us reacting to it I'll spread the word too.Don't forget to sign that deal for a movie (with Tom Hanks ?)Good luck !Nick, Belgium

Hey, Colleen from Thunder Bay, Ontario here. Nice to see a guy from Montreal doing something fun with his time. If you Good Luck with all trades, hope you get to a house soon.PS, try playing Roll Up The Rim. Ya, might win something trade worthy. Just a thought,

Skip Hollywood - keep Phoenix! I'd go for a trade to a snowbird for their Motorhome which you could then trade for a small home somewhere....:) What a great example you are for how much can be accomplished with a simple idea and a positive attitude!

Awesome Idea! I LOVE IT! Read about it in The Southeast Missourian online today. Maybe you could find someone who urgently wishes to relocate to Phoenix, and owns a fixer upper property of some sort (i.e. small home or a mobile home), who would be willing to trade it for the year of rent. Then you could trade the fixer upper to an investor for something better. Best of luck with this! I have a feeling you'll be getting a house soon. ~Angie~ Jackson,MO

Hey Kyle,Congratulations on the year of free rent. I was thinking. Since you got those Diamondbacks tickets as well as the year of rent, maybe you could trade those things separately. Then you'd have something from the trade for the year of rent AND something from the tickets. You could combine them and trade for that house you want. Anyways, hope you succeed with your goal.

What is really funny to me is that when this is all over, that original red paperclip, if it were distinguishable somehow, or being sold by the original recipient (assuming s/he hasn't just used it to hold some papers together), would be worth almost as much as small house from a memorabilia standpoint.

Kyle ... I stand in complete awe of your chutzpah and for the ultimate power of the internet. I'm now totally convinced anything is possible if one will only give life a try. Fabulous!!! and Well done so far!!!

Dude you are a master. I mean this story is so outrages. Can you say creative "I new you could" I wondering after you obtain your goal what you are going to trade in order to pay the taxes on the house

This has to be the most inspiring story I have heard in years. You have given me hope. Good luck. Wish I could trade you something, all I have right now is my job skills. Would not mind trading what knowledge I have of injection molding, but my current employer has that under wraps. www.geocities.com/woosterrubbermaidMy little contribution to my friends and former co-workers.

I can trade this to one black paperclip - I have photo to prove, I really have a black paperclip. And you need to travel to Brazil to trade with me. My page in net is : http://www.portal.senior.eti.brRogerio - comunidadesf@yahoo.com.br If you not trade with me I will do a page in my country to trade my black paperclip to a house too ...Great idea friend ...

Excelent, Just Excelent. All this from just one little red paperclip? Once you get the house, ( and I do believe you will )I say stay in for a year or so and paint it red, (see where I'm going with this), And start over again. But this time start with the house....Wow a house from a paper clip....What could you end up with from a house.....especially a RED HOUSE.

WOW just shows that if you put your mind to it and are persistent your dreams can come true.My husband told me today go to this site and explained it started with a big paperclip..and we discused it and i said ya know hollywood is next then a movie deal and ya know what was a paperclip to a house idea will turn into 20 houses and being a multi millionare,WOW im impressed by this..the message here people is go with your dreams there never impossible.

Hey Kyle, Take my ex-wife, please, fall in love, and you have the makings of an A-1 chick flick. You already have the title. I see some screenwriter making something extremely workable from your unique business vision... Good luck and better get an agent, quickly...

I wonder... I've been writing my first book, and this would be some interesting publicity.

What if I could get the profits from any published copies of the book split between me and another person, (or even have that person be a character in the book... if I only had a use for a trip to Phoenix...

Come to think of it, I do have family down there.This is very interesting, and abso-frikkin'-lutely hilarious.Now I want a paperclip.

Hey Kyle! Greetings from the University of Maryland! CNN.com just posted your story today, and it has taken my circle of friends and I by storm! Best of luck with your future endeavours! You're doing great!

What an awesome idea! I was working at the time that I heard this, I drive a shuttle bus for a casino out in the foothills of California. Most of my passengers were shocked at what you have recieved with just trading a paper clip! This is just amazing! Its neat to think that you are getting so much publicity from this idea that even small town DJ's are getting word! With this much going for you I am sure you will get your house sometime soon! Good Luck and have fun!

WOW!!! What a neat site! Where will you stop? Hopefully soon you will get something I want so we can trade,(like a cruise to Hawaii for my honeymoon) I think I have somethings you may like. DO you have an ultimate goal? What could someone offer you that would cause you to stop?

Fantastic idea and I will be keeping an eye on things to see if there is anything I feel like swapping. Best to warn you now I am in scotland! We have a few plots of land that have outlined planning permission. It's a lovely little country!

jeff ryan MI, you are one smart dude . soon as i heard about it i knew it would work just a matter of time before some rich guy or company (for the publicity) gives you your house! good luck and hurry up! i got an old fishing lure looking to get rid of. c-ya

Listen iam still in a whoa from all this you are recieveing from one little paperclip, iam sitting at work right now with 20 red paperclips maybe i should give it a go .. lol .. anyways your amazing! Never give up youl eventually get your home. Good Luck!

Pretty funky stuff man! Makes for great reading at work >.< I agree Hollywood sounds cool,but that is all about timing. The house plans does seem cool but it just doesnt seem complete. Ya some dude posted about a house boat! Now we are talking! As you get further and further in your trades is there any fear? Oh ya and the guy who posted that he would give his place in japan! are you for real? Man people have alot to give I guess. Keep up the good work man ! Best of luck!!Nik Montreal

I saw you on the news and just had to check it out. Awesome! Great Idea. I always end up saying to myself "Why didn't I think of that?" Well good for you. Congrats and Good Luck. On the other hand, I will trade a "button" that fell off my blouse for a "small cottage" by a lake. Any takers??

Hi there Kyle, you've gone global now, i saw you on morning tv hear in a city called 'Hull' in England.I got straight onto you're website, and WOW, what a guy, you sure know how to make i living, i envy you man. Keep up the great work........Ricky......yes my name really is Ricky, not Kyle !!!!!Good Luck Mate !!!

Nice Job Kyle! We live about 20 min walk NNW of you. My wife had lived in Toronto & I have cousins N of London (Ontario). If you're still in PHX & want to take in the NASCAR race @ PIR this wkend (22 APR) let us know. Bon Chance Ami!

saw you on gmtv swung by your website like you said i'm amazed good luck can't wait for the movie.hope you get your house i'm sure its only days away the amount of hits in response to you is incredible see you on your next chatshow or the apprentice giving sugar a run for his money

What determination I thought when ready your storyA friend of mine and I have been thinking of starting a business and after reading this I am definately going get on it right away.Thanks for the inspiration.Good Luck!!!!!I will keep checking to see where you are.

What determination.I had a party on Saturday April 15,2006 and during the party my brother was telling my friends and I about your story. I am well impressed. I have been planning on starting my own business and now you have inspired me to do so because if you can trade a red paper clip for all of this, then I can build a monopoly.

Lots of fun reading the saga unfold here. :) Perhaps you'd like to trade the years rent for a hardcover book that will help you to completely undersand your existential situation? Bhagavad-gita As It Is is worth more than a house to me anyway ...

Unbelievable! I really can't get my head around you starting off with a paper clip and ending up with a house! Great job and keep up the good work with trading!(P.S. Now all i have to do is trade my little blue paper clip and end up with a billionaire mansion!)

your story is amazing, i saw you on the news this is the coolest shit i have seen so far only on line. you are a modern day huck fin wasn't he the one who bartered his job of painting a fense for a frob?rmaol

Hi Kyle: I have an idea for you. See, there is a super international business school there in Phoenix (Glendale actually) called Thunderbird. Thing is, these budding tycoons come from everywhere in the world and those who choose to live "off campus" have to find a place to live. While many are from "modest" backgrounds, some are not. And you by somehow getting a little promotion there you could get yourself a lot closer to your house...if you were willing to exchange your year of rent for a house in another country. I would not be surprised if you couldn´t come up with a cute little place in India (complete with Mango trees) for the value of your rent.

Anyway, the school is called "Thunderbird, The Gavin School of International Management" and they have a housing office who might give you a tip or two.

nice one mate, good luck with the house! god i cant believe u av bin so lucky, or maybe twas ur natural wit and inspiring character lol, i dunno.

I will say no more but tara chuck(english slang for goodbye) and bonne chance (french for good luck lol!)

Ant from... Sheffield, England, UK, Europe, The World, The Milky Way, The Universe, The Black Hole in which the universe is Contained, One of infinity space/time dimensions in which our miniscule universe is far less than omnipresence,

Hey Kyle,There is nothing more that I can add to these comments that hasn't already been said, but WOW! you really are an inspiration for everyone to follow your heart and dreams will come true. I wish you all the luck in acheiving your goals. ~one crazy peanut~

Awesome! This is one of the most incredible examples of bovine behaviour I have ever seen. I wish you luck, and even if you don't reach your goal, I'm sure there's a sweet position with your name on it in the provincial legislature.

Alright, here's an offer. For the Phoenix house, I'll give you ONE BLUE PAPERCLIP. You thought red was good, but wait until you see what a blue paperclip can do. A trip to Yahk? Forget it! People will be offering you trips to the moon, just for the blue paperclip... Let me know. :)

Absolute bluudy genius, i canny belive you did it that there aye. I tried it once but only ended up with a fiat punto. Not as good as a bluudy house that there aye. i think you are FANTASTIC!!!!! great job matie.

Wow! WHat an inspiration you are! You've proven what amazing things and people the universe can present to us if only we ask! Can't wait to see you succeed, as I have no doubt you will!Good luck and God Bless!!!

Currenlty I am trading some paperclips (not just red ones) here in Amsterdam to get you a round trip airplane ticket from your place to Amsterdam. Just for a weekend or so. You can stay in my place. I make sure I have some surplus credits from the paperclip trading business to be used for numerous beers at a hot downtown Amsterdam bar. The reason for all this: in this hot downtown Amsterdam bar I would like to discuss with you a strategy how to sucessfully trade a brand new fine wooden toothpick for a new US President while consuming numerous bears. Also my mate Tibi from Bukarest, Romania will sit in and discuss with you some ideas of finding a General Lee in the Carpathian Mountains, because he knows people over there that own one, have no clue what treasure they posess and probably couldn't care less if someone would take it. Some other amateur traders(Jeff from New Jersey - USA, Pete from Brisbane - Australia, Tom on his way to Hangzhou - China) will also sit in and breathlessly learn from you while trying not to look too drunk.

Hang on ... man I'm slow ... let me talk to Tibi first about getting this General Lee from Romania myself and then trade it with you for something ...

This project is incredible!! What an amazing adventure it must be! I would love to trade our house in Utah for the one year in Phoenix (was born and raised there for 26 years until we moved to UT last summer! I sooo want to go back!), but that cute duplex is just too small for us. :-( Good luck with everthing!

Good Job!!!I have a pair of Candy Fushia colored heels I will trade up for a boyfreind that anyone has laying around. Would love some pointers!Good luck!! You will make it!jenihotpantsDetroit, Michigan

Hi there,Im on the Isle of Wight (little Island of the south coast of england) I heard bout ya on the national radio (BBC radio 2) Just had to drop you a line!Its just an incredible story, had to hear more bout it!Its crazy! well done!Oh, n dont just stop at a house!.... Its the queens 80th birthday today.... maybe you could trade up to take over her job?

i heard your interview with fletch, vaugn and chang on The Edge radio station in New Zealand... that was when you had just traded for the snow mobile... ROCK ON MAN!!! i cant belive it from just one paperclip to that! woooooah!

snow birds (old people who winter in Phoenix) would jump at your offer. The need to know, so you need to get the word out to that demographic. Lots of these older retired snow birds have lots of cash and would enjoy trading . GOOD LUCH~!

God, I wish I could be that lucky...If I start out with a set of cards (or something like that), could I compete with you in getting the goals we have (you=a house. me=small part of a giant corporation [or all of one...]).

Nice one dude!But be carefull! I heard about some idiot once that traded a priceless afternoon with a famous rock star for a $40 Kiss snowglobe.So watch out. You're definitly only a few steps away from that house (unless you do something stupid like the other guy).

nice job. me and my friends would play that as kids 2. the best stuff we ever got was a lawnmower, a old compurter, a printer, a office chair, and the best, a chair shaped like a hand (like u sit in its palm)

Sam was here. I am absolutely amazed with what u have done, outstanding effort. good luck with your future, (you could be a great entrapurneur, if that's how you spell it)keep goin mate Victoria, Australia.

Very inspiring and innovative. Makes me realize that it pays to think outside the box. Reminds me to turn off the TV and think for a moment. Never know what ideas may come if we remember to stop and let our creativity go to work. Congratulations on the house. Equally as important, you've inspired millions to redefine what is possible.

Congratulations Kyle, i had a feeling this could be done... you done it... now it would be awesome if i could get rid of all my stuff that easly... of course shipping for a paperclip cant be that expensive...